Catherine Lachens Movies

Martial Perrin is the president of a right-wing political party which is gearing itself up for a forthcoming election. When he learns that a...

French independent director Paul Vecchiali playfully bites the hand that periodically feeds him (and many of the nation's other creative filmmakers)...

Rene (Jean-Pierre Marielle) is a small-time crook who tries to shake down storekeeper Emile (Jean Carmet) in this uneven and humorless comedy. Things...

Rosa la Rose is the most beautiful prostitute of Les Halles. Every client wants her and she accepts everything. Her pimp is a sympathetic and...

A film with emphasis on visuals and music, the plot concerns characters who meet in present time, mainly the male gypsy Jesus, and the female thief...

On vacation in the country, a group of friends are requisitioned by a city official to work at the slaughterhouse.

Julien est envoyé par son patron à l'île Maurice, où il fait la connaissance d'Henri, un chômeur professionnel. Un...

A macho junk shopkeeper, a lunar lawyer and a storekeeper meet by pure chance and develop the century's hold-up.

A man with a serious illness, visits his doctor. His condition does not improve. So, he asks him to come back with his wife. But here is the problem,...

In this poetic slice-of-life film that reveals the problems and needs of a group of lowlife characters, unwed mother Vivaine (Dominique Labourier)...

In this family comedy, Papa has no end of trouble getting his young son to accept his new girlfriend.

In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the...

In this rambling comic tale about a man and a wife, with four children, who calmly announce to the children that they want to divorce one another, it...

In this routine drama, two men (a crass Brit and a slow Frenchman) decide to evade the war in 1917, but their flight on a stolen boat goes awry and...

Paul and Rene, two men in their forties weary with life. One a widower, the other is divorced and pays alimony to his ex-wife. They live together, go...

Venice. March 1735. The carnival is in full swing Everybody's happy mood and the lively streets are filled with musicians, mimes, clowns and acrobats...

A dreamlike adaptation of the legend of Ariadne and the Minotaur.

A young writer has just written a new novel, which has been accepted by an editor. A simple and familiar story about the terrifying power the state...